Handel’s Water Music
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Handel’s Water Music is a celebrated collection of orchestral suites by George Frideric Handel, composed for a royal barge performance on the River Thames in 1717 and now widely performed as a staple of Baroque repertoire.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque composition
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orchestral suite collection ⓘ programmatic music ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Wassermusik
NERFINISHED
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Water Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | 1717 ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | HWV 348–350 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfFirstPerformance | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | George I of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | George Frideric Handel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | German-British ⓘ |
| consistsOf |
Suite in D major HWV 349
NERFINISHED
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Suite in F major HWV 348 NERFINISHED ⓘ Suite in G major HWV 350 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMovementType |
air
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alla hornpipe ⓘ bourrée ⓘ hornpipe ⓘ minuet ⓘ overture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstPerformance | 1717-07-17 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | George I of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 18th century ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePatron | British royal court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceSetting | outdoor ⓘ |
| genre |
orchestral music
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suite ⓘ |
| hasFamousMovement | Alla Hornpipe from the D major suite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | written for performance on barges on the River Thames ⓘ |
| influenced | later ceremonial orchestral suites ⓘ |
| intendedEnsemble | orchestra ⓘ |
| isPartOfRepertoire | standard Baroque orchestral repertoire ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| movementCountApproximate | 22 ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentation |
bassoons
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continuo ⓘ flutes ⓘ horns ⓘ oboes ⓘ strings ⓘ trumpets ⓘ |
| occasion | royal water party on the River Thames ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
frequently performed on period instruments
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often performed on modern instruments ⓘ |
| period | Baroque ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance | River Thames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer | Music for the Royal Fireworks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
ceremonial
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festive ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
HWV 351
this entity surface form:
HWV 349
this entity surface form:
HWV 350